Hey Craig... I have spent the last 4 days fixing the stuff on my car I should have fixed the last couple years (put everything off while modding)
The time between Oct and Jan is nuttso busy for me...

I sold the Bloodrage GTI, mem, Asus DX and w3503 to Joseph (thanks again) over in the UK so I could switch back over to AMD (AMD makes me all warm and fuzzy, but Im gonna be REALLY sad to be missing my Asus DX(I REALLY REALLY REALLY love those sound cards)).

I picked up an openbox Crosshair III and AMD 250 to keep me busy and used the rest of the $$ to finish up the Xmas present Comps for the out of work families around where I live.

(crossing fingers/toes that the Crosshair Sound card comes with the mobo or its USB sound for me)

Hey MK that fan you posted on page 60, how did you go about doing that?

I've got a few of those fans to play with you see

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The Silenx are the only fans that this can be done to (has to do with the flange of the fan), if you have them than basically I just cut off everything that isant round. It takes quite a bit of grinding/sanding and body filler to smooth them out like that.

My original idea is top make a hole, line it with rubber edging and press the fan in. That reduces noise/vibration as well as the need for the silly mounting screws (I mean come on do fans with practically no pressure need 4 screws to hold them still?????
One other really cool thing is the rubber is a bit like a ball socket and allows the ran to pivot a bit if you want to direct the air even better

I have been batting between .500 and .750 with complete open box mobos from Newegg. So Im pretty confident, and honestly the worst case il try out a USB sound card (Ive never tried one before so now is as good a time as any)

Yeah, modding isn't all about the "contest" but the showmanship that it gives the person/community. Anyone can get someone to mod, build. But, to get really inspire them to do it themselves.. That's a whole different form of "bliss"

Exactly. Just because you win something doesn't automatically make you better than anyone else. There are plenty of people who have won, and contributed nothing to the community. Well, those people are soon forgotten, and referred to as 'that guy', because nobody remembers their name. Guys like Mark make their reputation another way, and I doubt there aren't many who haven't heard his name. You put out consistent quality work, and make yourself available to the newbies, and you'll go far. Everyone pays attention to that. Look at all the mods on the first page of this forum. How many have a rating, let alone a 5 star rating? Watch how many people hop in to read this thread once a post is made. Kudos to you Mark for doing things the right way. There are others that have forgotten their humble beginnings...